diff --git a/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine.sh b/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine.sh
index 2ee88b8..09f12ae 100755
--- a/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine.sh
+++ b/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 set -e
-LANG=en_US.UTF-8 bash
+export LC_ALL=C
 
 cd /root/medicine-backups/
 
diff --git a/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine_remd.sh b/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine_remd.sh
index ca4c424..b7a0e0c 100755
--- a/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine_remd.sh
+++ b/cron-tasks/backup_database_medicine_remd.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 set -e
-LANG=en_US.UTF-8 bash
+export LC_ALL=C
 
 cd /root/medicine-backups/